What’s new: China’s Taiwan Affairs Office announced further sanctions Friday on Hsiao Bi-khim, Taiwan’s representative in Washington, for “relying on the U.S. to seek independence” of the island and “provoking confrontation” between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.
Beijing also imposed similar sanctions on the same day against two organizations — the Prospect Foundation and the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats — for allegedly promoting the idea of “Taiwan independence” internationally and approaching and supporting anti-China forces, according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
